Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-11

as the surgeon arrived ne Ofdcfcu LlhSg .
taken to another room The one selected T.
was the bathroom of the jail.
DRESSING THE DYING MANS WOUNDS.
The dying mpn was carried to this .
apartment and placed on hastily i'm
provised table. BY tlis time three other
physicians had arrived. One dressed .
the torn flesh another gave attention
10 the tongue of the mortaily-woundcd I
man. A portion of the tongue was LETT
and was attached to the palate. This
fell back into the throat, stopping
Lingg's breathing. The physicians
pulled this back and string was at
tached, which WAS held by deputy,
thus allowing respiration. While tins
was going on another surgeon operated
a deodorizcr; another had a syringe in
his hands and frequently injected por-
tons of brandy. and again doses Of salt
morphine injections were also given.
WRIT FOR PARSONS REFUSED.
Attorney Solomon appeared before
JUDGE Tulcy at O'Clock this afternoon
and made his application for writ OF
Habcds corpUS in behalf of A. X. Par
sons. After a long argument the wit
was refused.
sPIEs's LETTEE TO The GOVERNOR.
SPRrNGFIEID, Ill, November 10
Governor Oglesbv has received the fol-
lowing letter written by August Spies
"CmcAGo, November &, 1857.
"To GorcJwor OgicsJY:
"Sir.-The fact that some Of rs have
appealed to you for justice Onder the
pardoning prerogatiye), while others
have not, should not enter into conside-
ration in the decision OF our case. Some
of my friends have asked YOU for ALSO
lutte pardon. They feel the injustice
done them 50 intensely that they cannot
reconcile the idea of Communication
Of sentence with the conscious
ness OF innocence. Others, among
them myself, while possessed OF
the same feeling of Indignation, can
perhaps more calmly and Gispassionatcly
look upon the matter as It stands. They
do not regard the fact thot through
systematic course Of lying, dlstortnS,
invcnting. and slandcrug the press mas
succeeded IN crcatn a sentiment of h-t-
t,rness and hatred among the great Dor
ton Of the populace, so that one man,
nomatter how powerful. how courageous
how Just be bc, cannot possibly over
come it. They hold that to overcome
that sentiment or the influence
thereof would almost be an im-
possibility. Not wishing therefore,
TO place your Excellency m still more
embarrassing position between the bind
fanaticism Of a misinlormcd public ON
one hand and Justice on the other, they
concluded to submit the case to you I'M
conditionally. implore You not to iet
this difference Of action have any weight
with YOU in determining o2rfatc. During
our trial the desire of the prosecutor 10
slaughter me and let my co-defendantso oil
with milder punishment was quite appa-
rent and manifest. 1t seemed 10 me
and great many others that the pro-
secutor would bc satisfied with one lie.
ate's-Attorney Grinnell in hisargument
intimated this very plainly. | care not to
protcst nv innocence Of any crime, and
OF the one am accused Of in particular.
] have done that, and leave the rest to
the Judgment Of history. But TO you
wish to address myself now as an alleged
arch conspirator (leaying the fact that l
never have belonged to any kind OF con-
spiracy out of the question altogotherl;
( II sacrifice OF life there must be, viii
not nv life suffice? The States Attor-
nev of Cook county asked for no
more. Take this, then; take my life.
offer it to you that you may
satisfy the fury OF a semi barbarlc mob
and save those of my comrades. ! know
/ that every one of my comrades IS as will
ING TO die, and perhaps more so, than l
am II is not for their sake that make
THIS proffer, but in the name OF human
ity and progress; in the interest oil a
peaceable. if possible, development Of
social forces that are destined to lit our
race upon higher and better plane OF
civilization. In the name Of the tradl-
tions of our country l beg you to pre-
won't a sevenfold murder of men whose
only crime is that they are ldealists--
that they long for better future for all.
If legal murder there must be, let NINE
srff;ce. A. SPIES"
r1F1DFN AND sCHwAB's SENTENCES COM
MUTED.
CmcAGo. November 10.-Sheriff Mat
son has lust received telegram that the
sentences of Fielden and Schwab have
been committed TO life imprisonment
The other four are to hang tomorrow
THE GovERNoR's DECISION.
SpRrxGr1ELD, ILL.,, November 10
THE following is the Governors decision
ia full in the Anarchists case
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
SpRIyGFIELD, ILL, Nov. 10, 1887.
On the Doth day of August, 1886, in
the Cook County Criminal Court, Au-
oust Spies, Albert r. Parsons, Samuel
Fielden, Michael Schwab, Adolph Fisch-
err. Geoge Engel, and Louis Lingg were
found guilty by the verdict Of jury aud
afterwards sentenced to be hanged for
the murder of Matthias j. Degsn. An
appeal was taken from such finding and
sent on to the Supreme Court OF the
State. That court. upon final hearing
and after mature deliberation, unani-
mously affirmed the judgment OF the
court below The case now comes be-
fore me by petition OF the defcndantsior
consideration as Governor OF the State.
II the letters OF Albert Parsons,